Is there a link between using the recreational drug ecstasy and sleep apnea?
Dec. 2, 2009 — Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, say ecstasy also has been linked to cognitive problems. Sleep apnea, which afflicts an estimated 15 million Americans, is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. McCann and colleagues’ study is published in the Dec. 2 online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Ecstasy and Sleep Apnea The study included 71 healthy people who were recreational users of ecstasy (had used ecstasy at least 25 times, but drug-free for the two weeks prior to the study), and 62 healthy people who had never used the drug. Participants were monitored all night in a sleep lab. The scientists say they found that users of ecstasy had upwards of eight times the risk of apnea or hypoapnea (shallow breathing) episodes while asleep
Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, say ecstasy also has been linked to cognitive problems. Sleep apnea, which afflicts an estimated 15 million Americans, is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. McCann and colleagues’ study is published in the Dec. 2 online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Ecstasy and Sleep Apnea The study included 71 healthy people who were recreational users of ecstasy (had used ecstasy at least 25 times, but drug-free for the two weeks prior to the study), and 62 healthy people who had never used the drug. Participants were monitored all night in a sleep lab. The scientists say they found that users of ecstasy had upwards of eight times the risk of apnea or hypoapnea (shallow breathing) episodes while asleep compared with t
Dec. 2, 2009 — Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, say ecstasy also has been linked to cognitive problems. Sleep apnea, which afflicts an estimated 15 million Americans, is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. McCann and colleagues’ study is published in the Dec. 2 online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Ecstasy and Sleep Apnea The study included 71 healthy people who were recreational users of ecstasy (had used ecstasy at least 25 times, but drug-free for the two weeks prior to the study), and 62 healthy people who had never used the drug. Participants were monitored all night in a sleep lab. The scientists say they found that users of ecstasy had upwards of eight times the risk of apnea or hypoapnea (shallow breathing) episodes while asleep
Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, say ecstasy also has been linked to cognitive problems. Sleep apnea, which afflicts an estimated 15 million Americans, is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. McCann and colleagues’ study is published in the Dec. 2 online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Ecstasy and Sleep Apnea The study included 71 healthy people who were recreational users of ecstasy (had used ecstasy at least 25 times, but drug-free for the two weeks prior to the study), and 62 healthy people who had never used the drug. Participants were monitored all night in a sleep lab. The scientists say they found that users of ecstasy had upwards of eight times the risk of apnea or hypoapnea (shallow breathing) episodes while asleep compared with t
Recreational users of the drug ecstasy may be putting themselves at risk of sleep apnea, a new study suggests. The researchers, lead by study author Una McCann, MD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, say ecstasy also has been linked to cognitive problems. Sleep apnea, which afflicts an estimated 15 million Americans, is a common disorder that causes pauses in breathing during sleep. McCann and colleagues’ study is published in the Dec. 2 online issue of Neurology, the journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
